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Pitcairnia zapoteca I. Ramírez, G. Carnevali & K. Romero

Publ: Botanical Sciences 103: 3-10 fig. 1-4 (2024)

Type: Mexico, Oaxaca, municipio Nejapa de Madero, distrito de Yautepec, 6 km del desvío al Manguito, 8 km E de El Camarón, carretera federal 190 de Oaxaca a Tehuantepec, parada La Capilla, 16° 32’ 45.05” N, 95° 56’ 33.23” W, ca. 1,280 m, creciendo sobre un talud, en colonia; recolectada estéril el 12 September 2018, floreciendo en cultivo, 13 enero 2023, I. Ramírez & G. Carnevali 2459 (Holotype: CICY, isotype, MO).

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Distribution: Mexico:Oaxaca

Habitat: lithophytic on semi-shady rocky outcrops in the leeward slopes, in mesophilous forest in transition to seasonally dry forest dominated by oak species, ca. 1280 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name zapoteca honors the Zapotecan people, an ethnic group that have traditionally inhabited the type locality area.

Phenology: Plants under cultivation have bloomed from December to February and fruit in March

Pitcairnia zapoteca